This is a comprehensive treatment of contemporary evolutionary biology, addressing major themes - including the history of evolution, evolutionary processes, adaptation, and evolution as an explanatory framework - at levels of biological organization ranging from genomes to ecological communities.
Evolution Résumé
Evolution Douglas Futuyma
Douglas Futuyma presents an overview of current thinking on theories of evolution, aimed at an undergraduate audience.
À propos de Douglas Futuyma
DOUGLAS J. FUTUYMA is Distinguished Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. His major research interests include evolution of host specificity in herbivorous insects and of interactions among insects and plants, speciation, and evolution of community structure. Dr. Futuyma received the 1997 Sewall Wright Award of the American Society of Naturalists. He has served as President of the Society for the Study of Evolution (1987), the American Society of Naturalists (1994), and the American Institute of Biological Sciences (2007), and was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1996 and the National Academy of Sciences in 2006. Dr. Futuyma has served as Editor of Evolution and is currently Editor of the Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics.
Sommaire
Evolutionary Biology The Tree of Life: Classification and Phylogeny Patterns of Evolution Evolution in the Fossil Record A History of Life on Earth The Geography of Evolution The Evolution of Biodiversity The Origin of Genetic Variation Variation Genetic Drift: Evolution at Random Natural Selection and Adaptation The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection Phenotypic Evolution The Evolution of Life Histories Sex and Reproductive Success Conflict and Cooperation Species Speciation Coevolution: Evolving Interactions among Species Evolution of Genes and Genomes Evolution and Development Macroevolution: Evolution above the Species Level Evolutionary Science, Creationism, and Society Glossary
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